Canon 1251 Abstinence from meat, or from some other food as determined by the Episcopal Conference, is to be observed on all Fridays, unless a solemnity should fall on a Friday. Abstinence and fasting are to be observed on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday.

For further reading click http://www.trosch.org/for/the/abs-main.htm

Lent
When should fasting and abstinence be observed?
Canon 1249: All Christ's faithful are obliged by divine law, each in his or her own way, to do penance. However, so that all may be joined together in a certain common practice of penance, days of penance are prescribed.
Abstinence and fasting are to be observed on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday. Those ages 14 (from day following 14th birthday) through lifetime are obliged to abstain. Persons age 18 (beginning the day following 18th birthday) until and including 59th birthday are bound by the FASTING obligation.

Further reading
http://www.aodonline.org/AODOnline/Faith+Enrichment+2305/Worship+6905/Worship+-+Questions+-+Answers.htm#Fasting

Canon 1251 Abstinence from meat, or from some other food as determined by the Episcopal Conference, is to be observed on all Fridays, unless a solemnity should fall on a Friday. Abstinence and fasting are to be observed on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday.

For further reading click http://www.trosch.org/for/the/abs-main.htm

Lent
When should fasting and abstinence be observed?
Canon 1249: All Christ's faithful are obliged by divine law, each in his or her own way, to do penance. However, so that all may be joined together in a certain common practice of penance, days of penance are prescribed.
Abstinence and fasting are to be observed on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday. Those ages 14 (from day following 14th birthday) through lifetime are obliged to abstain. Persons age 18 (beginning the day following 18th birthday) until and including 59th birthday are bound by the FASTING obligation.

Further reading
http://www.aodonline.org/AODOnline/Faith+Enrichment+2305/Worship+6905/Worship+-+Questions+-+Answers.htm#Fasting

in the above canons, there is no mention of CHRISTMAS DAY :D

Alexander

04.04.05, 09:02 AM

I Think so. :D

Regie

04.04.05, 04:43 PM

i just got to thinking... if this is so, then justified ang pagkain nang meat kung makikifiesta ka sa provinces on the Feast of Our Lady of Sorrows (Dolores) whose feastday falls on the Friday before Good Friday... ganon ba iyon?
???

Canon 1251 Abstinence from meat, or from some other food as determined by the Episcopal Conference, is to be observed on all Fridays, unless a solemnity should fall on a Friday. Abstinence and fasting are to be observed on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday.

For further reading click http://www.trosch.org/for/the/abs-main.htm

Lent
When should fasting and abstinence be observed?
Canon 1249: All Christ's faithful are obliged by divine law, each in his or her own way, to do penance. However, so that all may be joined together in a certain common practice of penance, days of penance are prescribed.
Abstinence and fasting are to be observed on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday. Those ages 14 (from day following 14th birthday) through lifetime are obliged to abstain. Persons age 18 (beginning the day following 18th birthday) until and including 59th birthday are bound by the FASTING obligation.

Further reading
http://www.aodonline.org/AODOnline/Faith+Enrichment+2305/Worship+6905/Worship+-+Questions+-+Answers.htm#Fasting

Q: Why is giving up something for Lent such a salutary custom?
A: By denying ourselves something we enjoy, we discipline our wills so that we are not slaves to our pleasures. Just as indulging the pleasure of eating leads to physical flabbiness and, if this is great enough, an inability to perform in physically demanding situations, indulging in pleasure in general leads to spiritual flabbiness and, if this is great enough, an inability to perform in spiritually demanding situations, when the demands of morality require us to sacrifice something pleasurable (such as sex before marriage or not within the confines of marriage) or endure hardship (such as being scorned or persecuted for the faith). By disciplining the will to refuse pleasures when they are not sinful, a habit is developed which allows the will to refuse pleasures when they are sinful. There are few better ways to keep one's priorities straight than by periodically denying ourselves things of lesser priority to show us that they are not necessary and focus our attention on what is necessary.

NikNoK

05.02.18, 02:01 PM

Lupit non, Herald! 5 cups? Minimum????...

Oo nga!!! Grabe! san mo inilalagay yung 5 cups of rice??? ;D

n8s

05.02.18, 04:31 PM

fidgeting with my computer

zyrah

05.02.19, 05:58 PM

I try not to be maldilta anymore, :) well sis. lucia death na revelation about fatima @least b4 the earth will disappear just incase, at least I'm a good human being :) seryoso me dun

shocks! i almost forgot, March 1 today nga pala ang Ash Wednesday and start ng Lent no?
Lent has always been one of the special season in my life...

and what to give up this Lent? hindi ko pa sure eh...

bouie

06.03.03, 12:39 AM

My hair. I've grown it for a long time now. I'm heading to the salon this afternoon to get it done. But that's too mababaw. I think I'm giving up my "social" smoking and drinking. It'll be hard, especially the smoking part... :(

aRJedi

06.03.03, 01:09 AM

I'm giving up eating anything Fast Food (McDo, Jollibee, etc.) and listening to pop songs. Puro liturgical, praise, worship and the like lang for the whole of lent.

sabi nga ni Christ, "a man does not turn unclean by what he eats, but by the things that comes out from his mouth." it is better to eat a lot, or maybe not that much, than not turning yourself in because of the sins we commit. self-discpline might be a strategy to bu used for fasting. basta, quit the things that is not worthy to be submitted to God, our Father, like sinning. and keep it that way, even Lent is over. sayang ang pinaguran nating pag-aanuyo kung inuulit natin ginagawa ang mga masasamang gawain sa araw-araw nating pamumuhay.

I wish I could say this was me, but I don't quite have the willpower - a friend of mine gave up dessert for all of Lent!

NikNoK

08.03.17, 08:45 PM

no more softdrinks...

A Blessed Lent!

Kuya Alex.. thanks for the merge.

sbymchoir

08.03.18, 05:04 AM

i'm TRYING not to be as negitive at work...and to give up rice (RICE??!?!?!....crazy i know..) =P

michaela

08.03.19, 03:43 AM

I just ignore all applications invites that I get from abnormal facebook:(
Just a year ago, Facebook apps didn't exist.:)So I asked my friends to remove in their profile the cluttered up by all the apps,if not all remove some of them :)